November 21

• Burundi: Resettling Refugees - More to It Than Just Land

  More than half a million Burundian refugees have returned home over the last 10 years as the effects of a 2000 peace accord took hold. Many have returned to their land, and most... Read more »

November 2

• Burundi: Burundi's Bumpy Road to the 2015 Polls [analysis]

  The two billion US dollars pledged by donors on 30 October to support Burundi's development sounds like a ringing endorsement of the central African country's progress from civil... Read more »

October 19

• Burundi: Towards Greater Food Security

  Burundi, despite being potentially self-sufficient in food, has the highest level of hunger of all the 79 countries listed in the 2012 Global Hunger Index, published earlier this... Read more »

• Burundi: Burundi-Tanzania - a Troubled Homecoming

  The imminent return of more than 35,000 Burundians from Tanzania poses major logistical challenges to aid agencies and the densely populated country they fled amid civil war almost... Read more »

September 3

• Tanzania: Burundians Lose Refugee Status

  After years of resisting voluntary repatriation efforts, tens of thousands of Burundians in Tanzania now face a deadline to leave by the end of 2012, following a decision to put a... Read more »

July 5

• Africa: Older People Face Greater Burdens

  When violence broke out in Kenya in 2008 after a disputed presidential poll, 71-year-old Magdalene Njeri's hometown of Kericho in Rift Valley Province was one of the areas most... Read more »

March 20

• Burundi: Birth Registration Campaign Targets Tens of Thousands

  An estimated 1.5 million children in Burundi are without birth certificates with those under five missing out on free medical care, but a nationwide campaign currently under way to... Read more »

February 29

• Burundi: Homeless Seek Permanent Solutions

  Hundreds of families forced from their homes in the 1990s, as well as former refugees, who are living in informal settlements on the outskirts of Bujumbura, the capital, are... Read more »

February 24

• Tanzania: Refugees Face Mounting Pressure to Go Home

  Pressure is mounting on tens of thousands of Burundian nationals who fled to Tanzania during the civil war in the early 1990s to return home, despite their reluctance to leave. Read more »

February 22

• Burundi: Rain-Displaced Need Urgent Aid

  At least 2,000 people displaced by recent torrential rains in the area of Gatumba, on the outskirts of Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, need food and shelter, say officials. Read more »

January 27

• Burundi: Fears of Looming Food Shortage

  There are fears of a looming food shortage in Burundi after heavy rains damaged two successive harvests, say officials. Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Burundi: A New Rebellion?

  Amid growing concerns about a wave of political assassinations in Burundi, a former police officer has announced the formation of a new armed group, with the aim of overthrowing a... Read more »

September 22, 2011

• Burundi: Massacre of 41 Took Place in Climate of 'Constant Violence'

  The massacre of 41 people in a bar near Bujumbura on 18 September was one of the most deadly incidents in Burundi in recent years but it took place in a climate of constant... Read more »

September 14, 2011

• Burundi: A Dozen Killed in Cholera Outbreak

  Burundian health officials are battling to control a cholera outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected 600 others since August. Read more »

April 28, 2011

• Burundi: Thousands Need Food Aid After Poor Crop Season

  Heavy rains in March in Burundi's eastern province of Ruyigi destroyed beans, banana and cassava crops, leaving thousands of people desperate for food aid, agricultural officials... Read more »

April 27, 2011

• East Africa: Rising Food, Fuel Prices Spark Protests Across Region

  Low- and middle-income earners across eastern and central Africa are reeling from the mounting cost of living brought on by a sharp increase in commodity prices in the past few... Read more »

April 22, 2011

• Burundi: Banana Blight Threatens Food Security

  A disease affecting banana plants has spread to five provinces of Burundi, raising concern among agricultural officials, who fear the disease could hit the country's food security. Read more »

April 6, 2011

• Burundi: Former Child Soldiers Live in Poverty [analysis]

  The lucky ones among Burundi's 3,421 former child soldiers who went through a demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) process returned to school but most languish in... Read more »

February 28, 2011

• Burundi: Aid Workers Worry About Food Insecurity

  High food prices, increasing malnutrition and the impact of La Niña are Burundi's major humanitarian concerns as the country moves from post-conflict to a... Read more »

February 24, 2011

• Burundi: Helping Returnee Students Overcome Language Barrier

  Unversed in Burundi's official languages of French and Kirundi, children of refugees returning after decades spent in Anglophone countries, such as neighbouring Tanzania, often... Read more »

• Burundi: Aid Workers Worry About Food Insecurity

  High food prices, increasing malnutrition and the impact of La Niña are Burundi's major humanitarian concerns as the country moves from post-conflict to a development phase,... Read more »

January 10, 2011

• Burundi: Land Key Obstacle to Reintegration

  After living abroad as refugees for years - in some cases decades - many of the half-million people who have returned to Burundi since 2002 are having to cope with a severe... Read more »

January 6, 2011

• Burundi: Fortified Rice for 15,000 School-Children

  Burundi is set to benefit from a rice fortification technology that will not only be the first in Africa but will also help check malnutrition in children through school-feeding... Read more »

December 8, 2010

• Congo-Kinshasa: Officials Downplay FNL Rebel Activity in Eastern Congo

  Amid growing complaints that post-war democratic gains are being reversed in Burundi, officials in the central African state have downplayed reports that a former rebel group has... Read more »

December 3, 2010

• Burundi: Delays in Justice Mechanisms 'Fuel Impunity'

  Ten years after the signing of an accord designed to move Burundi from civil war to democratic stability, the country has yet to establish transitional justice mechanisms aimed at... Read more »